On a day when thousands took to the streets of the nation’s capital for the London Marathon, it was up the road at Wembley where Stoke City went the extra mile to put in the performance of a lifetime - hitting Bolton for five in the most one-sided FA Cup semi-final in more than 70 years.

Wembley fever has well and truly hit the Potteries and now the Spurs game is out of the way we can all concentrate fully on the task in hand on what we’re all hoping will be an amazing day out at the Twin Towers.

Stoke recovered from an awful start to run Spurs all the way to the final whistle in what ended as a narrow 3-2 victory for the Hosts. It was a positive response from the Potters who came away with no fresh injuries allowing them to now concentrate fully on the biggest game in the club’s recent history down at Wembley on Sunday.

Stoke put in their performance of the season as they drew with current Champions Chelsea putting a severe dent in any lingering hope the Blues still had a chance of the title. What makes it even more frustrating for both sides is that the Potters could well have won by a significant margin were it not for the heroics of Peter Cech who put in a herculean performance in-between the sticks.